On 12 November, the Rail Baltica national implementing body in Latvia – company Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas – launched the largest tender for the construction of the Rail Baltica railway line in Latvia. The tender “Rail Baltica main line construction in Latvia” aims for an early contractor involvement to carry out the Rail Baltica mainline, and […]
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Rail Baltica Industry Day will take place on 25 November 2021
On 25th November 2021 the Rail Baltica Industry Day will take place online. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the annual Rail Baltica Global Forum, which has already become a tradition with the opportunity to meet in-person, will be transferred to 2022. Instead, the Rail Baltica Industry Day 2021 – a digital conference – is organised […]
First pan-Baltic online hackathon launched to bring innovative ideas to Rail Baltica global project
For the first time Rail Baltica global project coordinator launches fully online hackathon with the aim to facilitate new ideas around the infrastructure of the future, linking people, nations and places. The Rail Baltica Hackathon will bring together over 100 participants from all three Baltic countries and beyond during a fully online 48h hackathon held […]
Rail Baltica design proposals in section Kaunas (Palemonas) – Šveicarija were presented
To ensure that the general public gets acquainted with the Rail Baltica design proposals, the Spanish engineering company IDOM, which is also responsible for the detailed technical design of the Rail Baltica section „Kaunas – Ramygala“ presented the design solutions for section „Kaunas (Palemonas) – Šveicarija“ in Jonava district. The total length of the planned 1435 mm gauge Rail Baltica section „Kaunas (Palemonas) – Šveicarija“ is 19,4 km, of which 14,1 km […]
Rail Baltica project signs 19,7 million euro grant agreement with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), joint venture of the Baltic States RB Rail AS, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia, the Ministry of Transport of Latvia and the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Lithuania signed additional cross-border Grant Agreement on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding for […]
Rail Baltica publishes strategic study for the railway passenger services in Latvia
The Rail Baltica joint venture in the Baltic countries RB Rail AS has made public the strategic study for the railway passenger services in Latvia the “Riga Node operation optimisation study”, carried out by the German railway consulting company Ramboll Deutschland GmbH in 2020-2021. The key objective of this study was to make an in-depth […]
Rail Baltica design proposals in Panevėžys district were presented
To ensure that the general public gets acquainted with the Rail Baltica design proposals for the Panevėžys district, the Spanish engineering company IDOM, which is also responsible for the detailed technical design of the Rail Baltica section „Ramygala – Lithuanian/Latvian state border“ presented the design solutions for section „Ramygala – Berčiūnai“ in Panevėžys district. The total length of the planned 1435 mm gauge Rail Baltica […]
Safety assessment services provider for the entire Rail Baltica line chosen
The Rail Baltica Global project coordinator and joint venture RB Rail AS together with the national project implementors SIA Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas, Rail Baltic Estonia OÜ and AB LTG Infra signed the contract, amounted to 4 543 292 EUR with Certifer SA as the single safety assessment services provider (AsBo) for the entire Rail Baltica […]
Rail Baltica Global Project coordinator supports the comeback of night trains
In September 2021, representatives of the Rail Baltica joint venture and the Global Project coordinator RB Rail AS participated in the inaugural session of the Working Group about night trains. The Working Group was organized by the Intercity & High-Speed Committee of International Union of Railways (UIC) to provide an overview of the possibilities that […]
RB Rail AS management and the Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications discussed the Rail Baltica implementation plans
Yesterday, on 30 September 2021, management board members of the Rail Baltica joint venture and the global project coordinator RB Rail AS met with the Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis in Vilnius to discuss the Rail Baltica implementation plans in Lithuania. Currently, all preparatory works for the construction of the Rail Baltica line towards the Lithuanian-Latvian border […]
Photos: Baltic capitals connected by a special route to celebrate the European Year of Rail
On 21st of September, a special Baltic States express train started its journey from Tallinn to Vilnius to celebrate the European Year of Rail in 2021. For the first time together aboard this train, are the ministers of transport of all three Baltic States, along with the representatives from the Baltic States rail and the […]
Today, the Baltic train of the “Connecting Europe Express” leaves from Tallinn station
Today, on September 21, the Baltic train of the “Connecting Europe Express” will depart from Tallinn to Vilnius within the framework of the program of events of the European Railway Year (2021). It will include public discussions and other events to highlight issues related to changes in the railway sector, future opportunities in passenger and […]
French Minister of Foreign Trade Promotion Franck Riester visits the Rail Baltica construction site
On Wednesday, September 15 the French Minister of Foreign Trade Promotion Franck Riester and a delegation of French entrepreneurs visited the Rail Baltica construction site at the Riga Central station. Kaspars Vingris, Chairman of the Board of the European Railway Line, and Marc Philippe El Beze, Technical Director and Member of the Board of the Rail […]